Capital City Sunday: Protasiewicz on SCOWIS race, Repug Rep. Van Orden on border trip

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I can't believe Van Orden was elected. damn.


Capital City Sunday: Protasiewicz on SCOWIS race, Van Orden on border trip

https://www.wkow.com/news/capital-city-sunday-protasiewicz-on-scowis-race-van-orden-on-border-trip/article_bff0927a-b467-11ed-8ff5-bfadd8703d22.html

Lance Veeser 2 hrs ago



MADISON (WKOW) — This week on Capital City Sunday, Judge Janet Protasiewicz joins the show after tallying the most votes in the Wisconsin Supreme Court primary.

"If I win this race, we have four Supreme Court justices who are going to follow the law and uphold the Constitution, not be beholden to special interests, not be extreme, and actually make decisions where people can come into that Supreme Court chamber, and feel as though there's not a thumb on the scale against them."
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Also, we chat with Rep. Derrick Van Orden. The freshman congressman details his recent trip to the Mexico border with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy.

"Well, what I saw was very clear, undeniable, unequivocal evidence that the President of the United States and the Secretary of Homeland Defense have been lying to the American public."

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1. "Clear and unequivocal evidence"

.... is in no way McCarthy accurately descvribing a thoughtful examination. It's just performance art, once again. From NPR:

> [Critics say] House Republicans have spread disinformation through these border efforts, face a failed legislative path on related reforms and have used the trips as photo ops.

> Douglas Rivlin, director of communications for immigration advocacy group America's Voice, argues the GOP border visits serve largely as dog whistles to what he calls MAGA Republican extremism.

> "So instead of actually legislating, the speaker is doing yet another border photo op to send a message to his MAGA critics that he's opposed to immigration as much as they are and get himself on Fox News," said Rivlin, a former Democratic congressional staffer. "Nativism has become the heart of MAGA Republicanism and the speaker and the Republican Party are in their grips."

https://www.npr.org/2023/02/16/1157263441/house-speaker-kevin-mccarthy-immigration